Coming Monday: Meet the State agencies that will cease to exist if Republicans get their way

John Kasich’s allies in the GOP have been touting a plan to merge into oblivion over half the existing state agencies. It’s been a plan that has largely been ignored as a “fringe” idea that the income GOP legislative leadership now is hell-bent on making a reality.

On Monday, we’ll examine the plan, what it means for Ohio, what it means for big business, and what it means for the Ohio budget.

Are the Republicans’ claim that it could save the State $1 billion a year well-founded? Is the plan workable? What does it mean for Ohio’s regulatory environment?